The experimental tourism satellite account for the United Kingdom (E-UKTSA)

Abstract

Since its formation within the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in August 2008, the Tourism Intelligence Unit (TIU) has been working on the creation of an Integrated System of Tourism Statistics (ISTS), whose core component is represented by the E-UKTSA (Experimental UK Tourism Satellite Account). This paper describes the construction of the E-UKTSA and presents some headline figures derived from it. The paper concludes by highlighting possible avenues for improvements to the E-UKTSA and suggesting future research connected with the satellite account framework.